de of het rekeningnummer?
het rekeningnummer
account number
noun · /ˈreːkənɪŋnʏmər/
It is “het rekeningnummer”. The plural is “de rekeningnummers”, and like every Dutch plural it takes “de”.
Pronunciation, example sentences and the rest of the entry: rekeningnummer
Forms
- Article
- het rekeningnummer
- Plural
- de rekeningnummers
- Diminutive
- het rekeningnummertje
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Wat is uw rekeningnummer?
What is your account number?
Vul hier het rekeningnummer in.
Fill in the account number here.
Het rekeningnummer staat op de factuur.
The account number is on the invoice.
Why this article
No rule predicts it
This one has to be memorised. No spelling pattern marks it as neuter, which is exactly why it is worth learning as “het rekeningnummer” rather than as “rekeningnummer” on its own.
The rules that do work
- • Every plural takes “de”, without exception.
- • Every diminutive ending in -je takes “het”, without exception.
- • Nouns ending in -ing, -heid, -tie, -teit or -schap take “de”.
- • Roughly two thirds of all nouns take “de”, so it is the better guess.
Other nouns whose article has to be memorised
Stop guessing de and het
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